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Isaiah 66:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Who has heard of such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? Shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she gave birth to her children. "

Isaiah 66:8

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6 A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that repays his enemies what they deserve.

7 “Before she travailed, she gave birth. Before her pain came, she delivered a son.

8 Who has heard of such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? Shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she gave birth to her children.

9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to be delivered?” says the LORD. “Shall I who cause to give birth shut the womb?” says your God.

10 “Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;

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Jeremiah 4:31

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"For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who gives birth to her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, saying, “Woe is me now! For my soul faints before the murderers.”"

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Micah 4:10

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"Be in pain, and labor to give birth, daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now you will go out of the city, and will dwell in the field, and will come even to Babylon. There you will be rescued. There the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies."

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Psalms 87:5

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"Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her;” the Most High himself will establish her."

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Numbers 11:12

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"Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them out, that you should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you swore to their fathers’?"

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Genesis 25:23

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"The LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.”"

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Judges 13:5

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"for, behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son. No razor shall come on his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb. He shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”"

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Isaiah 66:1

"The LORD says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will I rest?"

Isaiah 66:2

"For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says the LORD: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word."

Isaiah 66:3

"He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog’s neck; he who offers an offering, as he who offers pig’s blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations."

Isaiah 66:4

"I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on them, because when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they didn’t listen, but they did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn’t delight.”"

Isaiah 66:5

"Hear the LORD’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed."

Isaiah 66:6

"A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that repays his enemies what they deserve."

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